The ceremony is a tradition people believe must be observed. They believe that any important matter should be brought to the colonel, even when everyone knows he will likely refuse the request.
This is an available body of fact or information showing whether a belief is true or valid.
'And now the strange fact is that without this refusal one cannot simply get along. . .'
Most townspeople feel intimidated - even oppressed - by this custom. They gather in front of the colonel's house, and their spokesperson, frightened, can barely speak.
The excerpt below is the evidence:
'Now everyone knows, of course, what to expect up on the veranda, and yet each time people take fright all over again.'
Hence, This question is about the short story "The Refusal", by a Bohemian author who believes that tradition dictates that the townspeople bring any matters, especially important ones, to the colonel.
The narrator shows, through the description of the ceremony, how the townspeople are oppressed.
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